BEACH PARTIES HAVE BEEN HALTED KO MOTJING
Magatwe a re there is an uproar in Maun after the police recently stopped revelers from having their usual fun at the Thamalakane River bank commonly known as Matlapana Beach. Gatwe it is a place most nice time lovers gather on weekends and festive periods to while and wine the day away with music, pomp and dance. Owai, gatwe go go setlha fela jaanong and many say ditsala tsa ga Tshetlha have once again prevailed after a similar thing happened some time in 2017 and 2018 when revelers were practically banned from another nice time spot called Big Tree. Many are calling out bathobasweu whom they say were given the tourism land on a silver platter by some royal family associated with the tourism
The matter of football superstar Lionel Messi winning the Ballon D’Or on Monday evening served as a stark reminder that football fans and supporters are just like politicians and their followers. In these two worlds, logic and truth are never really central to debates. It’s about who one loves and hates. Haters of Messi, hundred percent of whom are Ronaldo fanatics, were adamant Messi did not deserve the award. They argued that Erling Halaand deserved it as he has won the acclaimed treble and has scored more goals. Exactly ten years ago – in 2013 – one Bayern Munich player Frank Riberry had won a treble and a host of other team and individual honours. Nobody had achieved better than him that year. Yet the Ballon D’Or was awarded to Christiano Ronaldo who shockingly, had won no trophy that year. Nobody said he did not deserve it. Today Messi’s haters say Erling deserved it better than a man who won a treble that included the most coveted football competition in the world industry in the region. In this latest matter of the Matlapana beach, those who claim to know better say they were reported as noise makers by some safari lodge owners who were also responsible for the 2017 Big Tree fracas. Gatwe ba re batho ba ko Motjing ba modumo for their international tourists, which is shocking as most tourists usually enjoy seeing how locals party in their respective countries. Imagine going to Brazilian beaches only to find no locals there. How the Motjing natives are noisy is a shocker. Let the the people revel so that more tourists are attracted to the area to marvel at the Motjing lifestyle. – the World Cup. The Halaanders are more mesmerized by his many goals than anything else. Football history has always shown that the Ballon D’Or winner immediately after a World Cup year would be won by a player in the World Cup winning team. But of course football fans don’t usually care about such things. Besides, the award is voted for and the voters may also have their own agenda away from mere statistics. Congratulations to Messi, the greatest football player in history.